M. K., a Burmese girl aged 15, had some ' colicky'' pains in the lower part of her abdomen towards the evening of the 3rd September, 1935, and to relieve her she was given a purgative. Next morning she purged and while straining down noticed some blood-tinged mucus coming from her rectum. The pains continued and became worse and were associated every now and then with the expression of some blo...

Some reports have shown the association between Moyamoya syndrome and autoimmune diseases. Herewith, we present a 3.5 yr old girl with Henoch- Schönleinpurpura (HSP) who was treated with steroids because of sever colicky abdominal pain. However, central nervous system manifestations such as headache, ataxia and vision impairment developed during 6 months of her outpatient follow-up. More evalua...

background: maternal and neonatal factors could help determine the potential incidence of hyperbilirubinemia. in this study, we aimed to identify the relationship between the severity of jaundice in newborns and maternal and neonatal factors. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014. icteric newborns, admitted to qods and kowsar teaching hospitals in qazvin, iran w...

abstract carcinoid tumors are well differentiated neuroendocrine tumors with secretory components. these tumors are uncommon but the most common primary tumors of the distal small intestine. we present a rare terminal ileum carcinoid tumor presenting with a small bowel obstruction. a 65 years old man presented with intermittent, gen-eralized, dull and colicky abdominal pain accompanied with int...

background: to discuss the experience of diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cyst in infants. materials and methods: a retrospective review was conducted on 20 infants who suffered from ovarian cyst. results: there were no dysplasia ovarian was found in children which were preoperatively diagnosed simplex cyst. within thirteen children preoperatively detected mixed cystic-solid lesion, six cases...